Kolkata:In yet another blunder by government departments, an advertisement issued by the Indian Railways has placed New Delhi in Pakistan and Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal. The Easter Railway issued the advertisement to newspapers during a flag off
ceremony of the “Maharaja's Express.” Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee
was to flag off the Maharaja’a Express trail at Kolkata Station on Saturday. A box
inside the advertisement panel showed the train route from Kolkata to New Delhi
via Gaya, Varanasi, Bandhabgarh, Khajuraho, Gwalior and Agra. As the faded
background of the outline of a small map of India showed Kolkata in the Bay of
Bengal and Delhi in Pakistan . Eastern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer
Samir Goswami accepted the mistake and apologised for the same. He also informed
that the Easter Railways has suspended the advertising agency. Meanwhile, the
advertising agency claimed that the route alignment had been given for the benefit
of passengers. "The map and the alignment are an artist's impression and not to
scale. It is never our intention to create a controversy," the advertising agency
said. In January, the Union Women and Child Welfare Ministry had issued an
advertisement
containing former Pakistan air force chief’s photograph.
